Falling Walls Lab Eastern Finland, Kuopio 19-9-2025

On September 19th, 2025, The Falling Walls Lab Eastern Finland event happened in Pointti conference room, Novapolis, Microkatu 1, Kuopio, Finland. 11 presenters from Kuopio, Joensuu, Oulu and Tampere presented their innovative ideas to the distinguished jury members in a 3-minute pitch. Falling Walls Lab Eastern Finland 2025 main partners: UEF, Business Kuopio, Novapolis, Saastamoinen foundation, Business Joensuu, Kuopio region Chamber of Commerce, Nostetta Ventures, FiBAN, Business Center North Savo, and Hub Panostamo. The top 3 winners of the event were: 1st place (Winner): Arash Mirhashemi from UEF (Kuopio campus) – represented Finland at the Faling Walls Lab finale in Berlin. Watch Arash’s pitch in Berlin here:    • Arash Mirhashemi: Breaking the Wall of Bio...   2nd place: Nithin Sadeesh from UEF (Kuopio campus) – represented Finland at the Faling Walls Lab finale in Berlin. Watch Nithin’s pitch in Berlin here:    • Nithin Sadeesh: Breaking the Wall of Tissu...   3rd place: Aleksandr Danilenko from UEF (Joensuu campus) Read more about the event here: https://www.businesskuopio.fi/fwl-eas... 00:00:00 Welcoming words 00:01:18 What is Falling Walls Lab? 00:04:02 Prize of the Day 00:04:35 Regards from last time’s winner 00:07:25 Program schedule 00:08:57 Jarmo Lumpus introduction 00:10:26 Keynote: Jarmo Lumpus – How AI Is Rewriting the Startup Playbook 00:28:15 Jury introduction 00:29:31 Pitch process 00:30:44 Presenter #1: Aleksandr Danilenko - Breaking the Wall of Static-E Control with Graphene-Powered Ionization 00:37:38 Presenter #2: Samuli Lipponen – Breaking the Wall of Silent Threats to Brain Health with OXIBAND 00:44:12 Presenter #3: Kimia Kazemi - Breaking the Wall of Self-Care Confusion: Clarity through AI-Care App-HoitoCare 00:50:49 Presenter #4: Nithin Sadeesh - Breaking the Wall of Tissue Engineering Through Light 00:57:14 Presenter #5: Parisa Jan Mohammadi - Breaking the Wall of Unsustainable Lifestyle Changes 01:04:14 Milla Koistinaho introduction 01:05:26 Keynote: Milla Koistinaho – Commercializing Research Results – What Are Investors Looking For? 01:27:55 Presenter #6: - Arash Mirhashemi - Breaking the Wall of Non-Destructive Biomarker Imaging For Osteoarthritis Studies 01:34:45 Presenter #7: Nathaniel Tetteh - Breaking the Wall of Late Cancer Detection 01:41:03 Presenter #8: Ruslan Lagashkin - Breaking the Wall of Real-Time Reconstruction 01:47:42 Presenter #9: Ghadeer Hamed - Breaking the Wall of Teaching Practical Skills Online 01:54:28 Presenter #10: Reuben Amedalor - Breaking the Wall of Plastic Pollution in Africa 02:01:20 Presenter #11: Majid Valeh - Breaking the Wall of Barriers in SME Communications (Making digital transformation & sustainability accessible to SMEs) 02:09:58 Winner Announcement begins 02:10:44 3rd Place 02:13:24 2nd Place 02:15:15 1st Place